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Earliest days of the Civil War...



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April 18, 1861

THE WORLD, New York, April 18, 1861 

* Beginning of the Civil War
* Post Fort Sumter attack
* Troops forming

 Page 4 has nice column heads on the beginning events of the Civil War: "SOUTHERN REBELLION" "Jeff. Davis Calls For Privateers" "The Confederate Loan" "The North Aroused" "Volunteers Pouring Down From Maine to Kansas" "4,000 Volunteers at Washington" "The Confederacy to Call for 150,000 Men" with the full text of the Proclamation signed in type: Jefferson Davis.
The back page has more similar reports (see photos).
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, rubbing to front page folds (all advertisements), good condition.

Category: Yankee